Comments on: Using Windows Live Messenger to Send & Receive SMS Text Messages

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:31:41 +0000

i still cant do it…

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:30:58 +0000

Hi j,

It is my understanding the SMS text messaging features are restricted to U.S. numbers only. The fact that The Netherlands appears in the dropdown is likely a bug.

By: j.

j. — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:15:31 +0000

I am in a long distance relationship with a girl in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I live in the US. I am using Windows XP SP 2 on my desktop (homebrew) and my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8600). I have gotten her mobile number (her carrier is T-Mobile) and I have converted her number into a US number and mine into an Amsterdamian one using Talkster. Talkster successfully converted her number and we can communicate when she is not at school via her phone. However, I tried adding her mobile number into her contact card. The Netherlands even shows up in the drop-down list box. I enter her number (without the added 0 — which is how her phone works locally). However, I get this error when I save the number:

“The mobile device information you entered for this contact is not valid for sending text messages.”

I know the number is right…I have been able to call her via talkster and if her number was not right, I would never have gotten through with that method. Anything I am doing wrong?

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:41:51 +0000

Hi. I’m also getting the grayed out checkbox and can’t access it. I have cingualr, which changed back to ATT I’ve tried to contact their tech support but they’re stumped too. If you knwo fo anythingplease let me know. I’m also blind, just to let you know that. Thanks so much if you can help at all.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:22:33 +0000

Yahoo Messenger does international SMS to phones in many countries.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:03:01 +0000

“This message was not sent because messages can’t be sent to this mobile number.” i just started getting this error today. it worked fine yesterday and i only use it with one person and she didnt change anything on her phone and i wasnt at the PC since yesterday when it was working. there must be microsoft problems AGAIN ! If its not MS then what is it? its nopt my setup nor her setup on the phone so ANY ideas ?

By: josh

josh — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:26:25 +0000

for those of you having issues, you should know:

“* This service is only available with these carries: Alltel, Cingular, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon. Recipients require an SMS-enabled mobile device and may be charged for receiving and sending messages by their wireless carrier. Performance of this feature may vary depending on wireless carrier connectivity orother network limitations.”

So i your trying to do international to someone that doesn’t have this, it wont work.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:34:54 +0000

I’m also have the same problem as most people, receiving the error saying “This message was not sent because messages can’t be sent to this mobile number.”

I used to send messages all the time and now i can’t. I’m using the lastest version of Windows Live.

Help would be greatly apreciated

By: Puzzy Chan

Puzzy Chan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:04:07 +0000

I have the same problem as Jim McLaughlin, except for one difference…
I’m using Windows Live Messenger V2008 on two different computers. One is a Gateway FX (dont remember exact model, its approx 2 yrs old) running Vista Home Premium. On this computer, I can right-click a contact I have a mobile number for and send them a text message. However, on my second computer, a Lenovo S10 (small laptop) running Windows XP Pro with SP3, on the exact same messenger with the exact same contact (again with a mobile number listed), I cannot send a text message from the right click menu. Even from the main menu, I get the same message as Jim McLaughlin did.
Any ideas on this? I’d really appreciate any help.
Thanks,
~Puzzy

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:37:31 +0000

If you reply to a message that was sent using Live Messenger it will be displayed on the sender’s computer. I am not familiar with a way to send a text to a computer user without that user sending an initial message.